BS029
Southern Great Lake


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Bahama Hummingbird Nesophlox evelynae LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla LC breeding (2006) 50-249 pairs A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica LC breeding (2006) 5 pairs B4i
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris LC resident (2006) unknown A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii LC resident (2007) unknown A2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2013 not assessed medium low
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes unset unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Residential and commercial development likely in short term (<4 years) some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%) No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun Some limited conservation initiatives are in place low

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Forest - Mangrove
Shrubland -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Southern Great Lake (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/southern-great-lake-iba-bahamas on 23/12/2024.